Madras High Court dismisses petition against election for top posts of AIADMK
The Madras High Court dismissed a petition moved against the recent elections held for the Coordinator and Joint Coordinator positions of the opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).
The first bench of the Madras HC comprising the Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and PD Audikesavalu passed the orders on a plea by one J Jayachandran, who claims to be a member of the AIADMK.
The judges while dismissing the petition questioned the necessity to implead the Election Commission of India into this matter.
“What could the ECI do in this AIADMK intra-party elections,” the judges questioned.
The petitioner sought a direction to the Election Commission of India not to recognise the election conducted for the positions of coordinator and joint coordinator AIADMK. Senior Counsel NGR Prasad, who appeared for the petitioner submitted that the leaders of AIADMK wanted to be elected as the coordinator and joint coordinator without conducting any election.